Doctor Who and Queer as Folk writer Russell T Davies doesn't see a bright future for soap operas. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian

On the day it was reported that EastEnders’ Kat and Zoe scene has been voted the best soap moment ever by viewers in a TalkTalk poll, Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies put a dampener on the celebrations by sounding the death knell for the genre. The man who penned Queer as Folk reckons Coronation Street, Hollyoaks et al have at best 10 years left in them, the Sun reports. In an interview with Attitude magazine, he said: “I think the soaps are in trouble and need to be careful. You can see a television landscape in 10 years’ time where they won’t exist or will be reduced.” Well, Monkey is determined to look on the bright side – with all that air-time going spare, think of all the new reality TV shows that can fill up the schedules. Happy Friday, everyone!